ياO راكِباًrider فَوقَupon بَغلٍa mule
يا راكِباً فَوقَ بَغلٍ
لِلأَرضِfor the earth مِنهاfrom it/her دَوِيُّa rumbling
لِلأَرضِ مِنها دَوِيُّ
O rider astride a mule,
O rider upon a mule,
the earth booms beneath her;
from which a rumble reaches the earth!
لَهُhe/it has إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle تَمَشّىhe/it walks
لَهُ إِذا ما تَمَشّى
قَفاًa nape إِلَيهاto it/her شَهِيِّtempting; appetizing
قَفاً إِلَيها شَهِيِّ
whenever she begins to amble,
Whenever he walks, he has
your nape yearns for the ground.
a nape tempting to it.
يُعَرِّفُreveals; makes recognizable الرَسمَthe trace مِنهاfrom it/her
يُعَرِّفُ الرَسمَ مِنها
شِسعٌa sandal-thong عَلَيهاupon it/her خَفِيِّhidden; faint
شِسعٌ عَلَيها خَفِيِّ
Her track is betrayed
Its trace is revealed
by a hidden sandal-thong she wears.
by a sandal-thong hidden upon it.
بِماon what grounds تَتيهُyou swagger عَلىover الناthe peo- (word fragment)
بِما تَتيهُ عَلى النا
سِ-ple (completes 'the people') قُلtell لَناto us ياO شَقِيِّwretched one
سِ قُل لَنا يا شَقِيِّ
What makes you lord it over peo—
Why do you lord it over the peo-
—ple? Tell us, you wretch!
ple? Tell us, O wretch!
Sol 6.1